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Great Yarmouth planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Great Yarmouth website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

29,577Searchable applications

231Recorded as pending

88%Approval rate · 23,675 approved or refused records

2,884Refused applications

20,791 approved · 2,884 refused · 1,235 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas23 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areas18 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0376/F
Replacement detached bungalow with double garage *
Sunnyholme Fakes Road Newport Great Yarmouth NR29 4JL
Received 24 Apr 2003
WITHDRAWN06/21/0924/A
Installation of 1 new fascia sign on front elevation and 2 fascia signs on rear elevations
Yarmouth Stores Limited Friars Lane Great Yarmouth NR30 2RP
Received 28 Oct 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0660/HH
Erection of a front porch
23 Cobholm Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0BU
Received 18 Aug 2024
ADV. CONSENT06/95/0717/A
Three projecting signs
Star Hotel Hall Quay Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Sept 1995
ADV. CONSENT Conditions/Reasons06/08/0911/A
Replacement fascias and projecting sign
Alliance Boots 3 Market Gates Shopping Centre Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 17 Dec 2008
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0096/CU
Change of use from guest house to private dwelling
1 Queen's Square Great Yarmouth
Received 6 Feb 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0215/F
Variation of condition 2 of PP:06/09/0680/F that development is to be carried out in accordance with drawing no: 425/2 dated August 2006
Filby Playing Field Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth
Received 8 Apr 2010
Not proceeded with06/23/0750/O
Outline planning application with full details of proposed access and all other matters reserved: Sub-division of garden to create plot for construction of a new 3-bedroom detached dwelling and garage
Bridge House Burgh Road Bradwell NR31 9EQ
Received 12 Oct 2023
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/97/0444/BF
Alterations to roof *
Boundary Farm Oby Great Yarmouth
Received 23 May 1997
Undecided06/26/0727/F
Retrospective planning application for the Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a 4-bedroom, 4-person House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4). Alterations to remove the rear chimney stack and change windows.
34 Crown Road Great Yarmouth NR30 2JH
Received 11 Sept 2026
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0496/F
Ground floor extension to provide twin bedroom and wetroom
40 St Catherines Way Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7QA
Received 28 Jul 2011
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/95/0777/F
Porch
42 Gatacre Road Cobholm Great Yarmouth
Received 27 Sept 1995
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/98/0623/F
GIS
8 Park Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 3 Aug 1998
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/21/1042/F
Proposed rear extension, side extension for garage, conversion of carport to residential use and new porch
31 Breydon Way Caister GREAT YARMOUTH NR30 5RA
Received 23 Dec 2021
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/06/0673/F
Two-storey side extension
9 Sea View Rise Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9SE
Received 26 Jul 2006
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/14/0414/F
Retrospective application for a shed to store motorcycles
44 Winmer Avenue Winterton Great Yarmouth NR29 4BA
Received 6 Jun 2014
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/16/0438/F
Proposed dropped kerb
122 Burgh Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8AZ NR31 8AZ
Received 27 Jun 2016
APPROVE06/20/0533/PAD
Prior approval - change of use of agricultural building to dwelling house
Barn at Rollesby Road Rollesby Road Fleggburgh GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3AR
Received 16 Oct 2020
REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/99/1006/F
GIS
39 Wellesley Road Norbreck Holiday Flats Great Yarmouth NR30 1EU
Received 14 Dec 1999
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0680/F
Conservatory *
12 Tudor Walk Gorleston Great Yarmouth
Received 17 Jul 2003
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/96/0580/CU
GIS
Filby Road (off) Stokesby Great Yarmouth (O.S. No. 4964)
Received 31 Jul 1996
LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/96/0553/LB
GIS
20/21 South Quay Great Yarmouth
Received 19 Jul 1996
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0028/O
Renewal of planning permission Ref. No. 06/04/1119/O for one detached house and garage
5 Orchard Court Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth NR29 3LB
Received 14 Jan 2010
APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/08/0592/F
Removal of conditions 3 and 4 of planning permission 06/08/0014/F relating to proposed pedestrian crossing
Great Yarmouth College Lichfield Road Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0ED
Received 6 Aug 2008

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Great Yarmouth Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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